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C.A. TATUM.

TABLET MACHINE.

No. 541,895. Patented July 2, 1895.

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TABLET-MACHlNE.

EGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,895, dated July 2, 1895. Application illed February 6, 1895. Serial No. 537,515. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom 7575 may 0070067711: preferably removably secured in the operat- Be it known that I, CHARLES A. TATUM, a ing means so that it may be replaced by a resident of the city, county, and State of New plunger of ditterent size and formation. he Yorklia've invented certain new and useful handle D may, if desired, be connected with improvements in Tablet-Machines, of which the handle E of the lower plunger or counter the following is a specification. y \j in any suitable manner.

My invention relates to tablet machines, It is obvious that a vertical adjustment of and has for its object to produce a simple, the table C with relation to the lower plunger cheap and efticient machine for making tabor counterj will operate to regulate the d lets wherein the plungers can be removed of the mold. and replaced at will and the capacity of the It it is desired to make tablets of diierent mold regulated by adjustment of the die to dimensions and configuration from that for suit the various sized tablets it may be desired which the machine 'is set, itis merely necesto mold. A sary to replace the plungers and die with To this end my invention consists inthe conthose of the desired size and formation. struction and arrangement of devices herein- The operation of my improved machine is after set forth and claimed. as follows: The machine having been set wit My invention will be understood by referplungers and a die of the desired size and ence to the accompanying drawings, whereformation and the platform having been adrlf- 4 justed to give the proper predetermined depth Figure 1 is a front elevation ot a for the mold, the powder is poured therein and chine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a the plunger fm. is brought down into the mold similar view of the saine, taken at right an by the handle E to compact the powder into gles to the view illustrated in Figi, with parts a tablet. When the tablet has been formed, broken away. the plunger is raised out of the die and the In the drawings, A indicates a suitable handle D is operated to eject the vtablet from standard. This standard rests upon a base the mold. B and is provided with a guide a for the Now while l have shown and described one upper plunger. The standard is also proform of my invention, I would have it undervided with a receiving table C for the powder, stood that l do not mean to thereby limit myand a removable die b which is mounted in self to the particular arrangement and conheldin position in any suitable struction of parts herein shown, manner, such as by means of a set-screw c. their construction and arrangement may be This table can be vertically adjusted by suitvaried without departing from the spirit of able means, such as by guides d and setm invention.

slots f in the standard What I claim, A. The base B is apertured for the reception ters Patent, is of a sliding rod lt which is provided with a Tn a tablet machine, the combination of a slotted sleeve t, into which sleeve the counter plunger or counter, a table C carrying a die or lower plunger j is entered and secured in into which the counter is entered, a slotted place, as by a set-screw lt. This counter enstandard A, set-screws e serving to enter the ters the die b for purposes which will be herei slots and to secure the table G in its adjusted 'matter more fully described. position, and a plunger entering the die and Journaled upon a pinl upon the standard cooperating with the die and counter, subwhich passes through the slot stantially as described. f An upper plunger m works may be operated by any by the pivoted handl to a disk o The plunger m is tablet maand desire to secure by Let- A is a handleD in the sleeve '5. in the guide et and suitable means, as and link it pivoted eccentrically carried by the j CHARLES -A. TATUM. Witnesses: Guo. E. Mouse,

handle E. CHARLES E. SMITH.

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